DSCI 511: Python

DSCI 512: RNA-seq

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Python Course Description

The ability to program is fundamental to the ability to analyze complex datasets. This course is part of a series of courses designed to cross-train life science graduate students in computational techniques for genomics data.

Upon successful completion of this course students will:

Be familiar with basic programming constructs and their implementation in Python

Be familiar with Python data structures (lists, dictionaries, tuples)

Be able to write simple programs for analysis and visualization of genomic data

Time and Place

Lectures: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10-11:50 am in room 134 in the Biology building.

Prerequisites

Linux as a computational platform or a familiarity with UNIX/Linux and working from the command line.